Athletics

Athletics

The Penn State men's gymnastics team won the 2015 Big Ten Championship in thrilling fashion Friday night in front of 1,060 fans inside Rec Hall. Penn State won its title with a team score of 436.700, edging out Illinois (436.100) and Michigan (434.750). Along with Penn State's third Big Ten title, senior Matthew Felleman (Medway, Mass.) won Penn State's third all-around title with his career-best score of 87.200.

The Penn State men's lacrosse team (3-5) hosts the first Big Ten game in program history against No. 16/15 Ohio State (7-3) on Sunday, March 29. The contest, which starts at 3 p.m., will be broadcast on ESPNU and WatchESPN.

Alyson Ackman (Montreal, Quebec) reached the 'B' finals in the 100 freestyle Saturday to lead Penn State on the final day of competition at the 2015 NCAA Swimming Championships at the Greensboro Aquatic Center. As a team, the Nittany Lions placed 20th with 56 points.

Now with more wins in 2015 than it had in all of 2014, the Penn State softball team (15-15, 0-3) travels to East Lansing, Mich., this weekend where it will square off against the Spartans in a three game series.

The No. 11 Penn State women's gymnastics team posted the highest Big Ten Championships score in program history at 196.725 to claim a fourth place finish at the event on Saturday inside the Crisler Center. Freshman Briannah Tsang (Vancouver, British Columbia) was named Co-Big Ten Freshman of the Year following the event.

No. 8 Penn State men's volleyball (10-9, 4-0) puts its six-match winning streak on the line this weekend, welcoming Princeton (8-7, 4-1) and NJIT (7-8, 0-5) to the court at Rec Hall. The Nittany Lions host the Tigers Friday, March 27 at 7 p.m. before taking on the Highlanders Saturday, March 28 at 4 p.m. Both matches are set to take place in south gym.

The Penn State men's track & field team enters the 2015 outdoor season ranked No. 15 in the Preseason National Computer Rankings, as released Tuesday afternoon by the United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA).

The No. 50 Penn State men's tennis team travels to Illinois this weekend for two Big Ten challenges on the road. On Friday, the Nittany Lions take on No. 3 Illinois at 4 p.m. On Sunday, Penn State meets No. 19 Northwestern at noon.

One of the highlights of the Penn State sports calendar, the Blue-White Game presented by AAA, is set for Saturday, April 18 at 4 p.m. as the centerpiece for numerous activities, including one new family event, throughout the weekend on the University Park campus.

Penn State closed out the 2014-15 fencing season with a second place team finish at the NCAA Championships March 20-22. The Nittany Lions' finish was impressive, competing with just 11 fencers out of a possible 12.

Penn State senior Matt Brown (West Valley City, Utah) added yet another wrestling national title to Penn State's growing list of accomplishments with a thrilling 5-4 win over Pittsburgh's Tyler Wilps in the NCAA finals. Brown, a three-time All-American, earned his first NCAA title with the victory after coming up short in the finals as a sophomore.